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...research lab entirely. What they might have to consider, though, perhaps in consultation with the CDC, is treating Sabia virus as a so-called class 4 biohazard from now on, which means researchers will be able to handle it only inside a glove box or while wearing a space suit. Lassa and Guanarito are deemed class 4 already. The CDC might also do well to institute a rule that any unclassified infectious agent should be considered class 4 until proved otherwise...
Four employees of the Resolution Trust Corporation, the S&L bailout agency, have filed suit against their bosses for allegedly cracking down on them when they tried to expose waste and fraud. The suit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington, claims the RTC has systematically targeted employees who testified before Congress, cooperated with General Accounting Office probes or alerted the agency's inspector general about problems...
...suit promises to become another p.r. headache for the RTC, which has already come under scrutiny for leaks involving Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan, the Arkansas thrift at the center of the Whitewater affair. And it will get thornier if six other fence sitters join the plaintiffs. One of these, L. Jean Lewis, prepared criminal referrals on Madison that mentioned President Clinton...
...Carlos can count on the same bed for many nights to come as he waits to stand trial. He has ordered his lawyers to file suit against French agents, whom he claims drugged, bound and abducted him from Sudan. In Paris the Justice Ministry is vowing to open old files that could compel Carlos to stand trial at least four times. Meanwhile, Berlin's attorney general is threatening to seek extradition for a 1983 bombing. In the Middle East, Arabs are bracing for shocking disclosures, since Carlos is "a walking encyclopedia of terrorism," says investigating magistrate Bruguiere. An East European...
...year-old men accused of shooting Jordan last year as he slept in his car -- fought to see police dental records that supposedly identify the unrecognizable corpse. In the meantime, the lawyers contend Jordan faked his own death to escape debts and a threatened palimony suit...